Improvement in carriages



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IMPROVEMENTJIN GRRIAGES.

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Beit known that I, EDGAR HITT, ot' Katonah, in the county ot' Westchester, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriages; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is 'a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the nrt to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which drawing-- Figure 1, represents a horizontal section of this invention.

Figure 2 is an end View of the same.

Figure 8 is a detached elevation of the clamp.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. p

This invention consists in a clamp, which is fastened to the spring-bar of a carriage, and provided with a socket to receive the end of the-body-loop in such a manner that the full strength ofthe spring-bar is preserved, and a irin, durable, and convenient fastening for the'body-loop is obtained. The clamp is made of two parts, which are connected by a hinge-joint, so that the same can'be readily attached to or detached from the spring bar, and each part is provided with a lip or projection to catch in a notch in the edge of the spring-hause that the clamp is rmly retained in position. The end ofthe body-loop is provided with a square head, and the socket in thegclamp is enlarged, so as to admit said head and prevent the body-loop from turning. AA conical cap serves to fasten the loose ends of the clamp together. p

A represents thcspring-bar of a carriage or wagon, and B -is the body-loop, or that bar which formsV the support for the body ot. the carriage or wagon. The connection between the body-loop and Vthe springdiar is effected by a clamp, C, which is composed of two parts, and provided with a socket, a, to receive the end ofthe body-loop. The vtwo parts of the clamp lare hinged together by a pivot, b, so that the same can be opened and attached to the spring-bar with ease and facility. Each part ofthe clamp is provided, on its inner Surf aeewith a lip or projection, c, to catch into a noteh'ftl, on the spring-bar, so that the clamp, 'when locked, willberlnly retained in position. 'lhe end ofthe body-loop is provided with a square head, d, land the inner portion of the socket a is enlarged to receive said head, and thereby the body-loop is firmly retained in position and prevented from earning round. The loose ends-of the twoparts of the clamp are .made conical, and they are-locked together by a conical cap, e, which is retained in position either by a transverse locking-pin, f, or by a screwthread, or by any othersuitable means'. By t'hese means a fastening for thebody-loop is obtained which preserves the full strength of the spring-bar, which is readily attached or detached, and which retains the body-loop i firmly and securely in position.

What I elai'n'ias new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 'lhe clamp C, provided with a socket, cz, in combination with the spring-bar A and body-loop B, substantially as andfor the'purpose set forth. v l

2. The square head d, at the` end of the body-loop, to fit into a corresponding,r socket in the clamp C, substantially as and for the purpose described. l

3. The projections or lips c, on the inner surfaces of the clamp, to it into notches d on the spring-bar A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

EDGAR HI'l'T.

Witnesses:

M. B. SILKMAN, DENNIS Kn'nnnunn. 

